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The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1925-02-19

1925-02-19-001

ALL THE REAL NEWS AND SPECIAL
FEATURES CAREFULLY EDITED
IT SHINES FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN
NORTHERN STARK COUNTY
VOL. 3—NO. 16.
An Independent Newspaper That Plays No Favorites Among Advertisers or Subscribers, and With One Price To All
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1925.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SONGS AND JOKES
READY FOR CROWD
Minstrel Show On Friday and
Saturday In St. Paul's Hall Is
Attracting Much Attention In
North Canton and Vicinity.
WAS BURIED IN ZION
James Schrantz Died In Cincinnati.
- His Body Brought Here.
BETTY HERE NEXT WEEK
The two minstrel performances to
be given by St. Paul's male choir on
Friday and Saturday, February 20
and 21, will play to capacity houses
judging from the way reserved seats
are selling in Schafer & Messerly's
•drug store. The San hears, on what
3t regards as reliable authority, that
"This minstrel must go over big from
the moment the cai-tain rises until the
•end of the performance. Every man
•is expected to put plenty of pep into
his work and no excuses will be accepted."
Performers Working Hard
With such a spirit dominating the
management it rs hard to see how it
can be anything else than a success.
The life of any performance rests with
the performers, and to get a minstrel
show across the .footlights with what
is called a "bang" there must be
plenty of artikm. Knowing this it is
not surprising that the members of
ihe choir are putting in much time
to make themselves perfect when they
appear on the stage in St. Paul's hall.
The interest displayed not only in
North Canton, but all over The Sun's
territory shows that the people feel
confident that the minstrel show is
going to be a really entertaining performance. As stated last week, a May
pole dance, character dances, and a
magician and handcuff king are the
other features of the evening's entertainment.
Another thing, and an important
part of the program worth keeping
in mind, is the music. Much depends
on the musicians to give a "swing"
to a performance of this character but
those who know Ed Ream and his orchestra have no doubt as to the outcome.
You'll Like Betty
After the minstrels comes ""Betty-,
the Girl o' .My Heart" by the St. Paul
Players on Monday, and Tuesday of
mext week, 'February 23 and 24, to
be exact. This will bring the social
season in St. Paul's to a close until
ILent is over.
The following is the cast in Betty:
Marie, the maid, with 'Movie' aspirations Genevieve Dieble
JMrs. Jenkins, the sedate housekeeper
_ Agnes Kolp
"Martin, the butler Leo Gill
"Mrs. Graves, very fashionable and
haughty Theora Hambach
Elizabeth, her daughter, vain and
selfish •. Helen Voneman
BETTY, the Girl o' My Heart....
Margaret Duquette
Jerry Carmicliael, a gentleman....
Joseph Ziegler
Peter Graves, financially ruined
Linus Swanson
There are three interesting acts.
The iscene is the (library in the house
of Peter Graves.
Reserved Seat sale will begin tomorrow, Thursday., at Schafer &
Messerly's drug store.
VALENTINE PARTY
Greatly Enjoyed By Members and
Friends of American Legion.
James Schrantz, aged 51 years, died
in Christ hospital, Cincinnati, on Friday morning at 1:00 o'clock, following an operation.
Funeral services were held in the
chapel in Cincinnati at X p. m. on
Saturday and the body was sent to
North Canton, arriving in Akron on
Sunday at 0:15.
Services were held in North Canton in the home of his brother, L. G.
Schrantz, on South.^Main street on
Monday afternoon at 1:30, the Rev.
E. P. Wise officiating, and the funeral
was in charge of L. T. Lewis. Interment was in Zion cemetery. •*
Mr. Schrantz was a bachelor and
he is survived by three brothers, L.
G., of North Canton, Elmer of Orville,
Tod of New York city, and one sister, Mrs. Stein of Akron.
He was born in this locality and
lived here until he was 21 years old,
and Cincinnati has been his home for
the past twenty-five years.
NOT ALL SUNSHINE
IN THE SUN OFFICE
Making Over Front Page Just
Before Press Time Is a Job
Not Relished By News Writers and' Printers.
FEVER SCARE THE CAUSE
NEW HI Y LEADER
John W. Thomas Addresses Boys On
Tuesday Evening.
I HARTVILLE AWAITS
I BRETHREN BISHOP
LOYAL HELPERS ELECT
The regular meeting of tlie Hi-Y |
was held in the Community Building!
on Tuesday evening. The new boys' j
leader, John W. Thomas, addressed
the meeting and was accepted by the
boys as their leader.
The nominating committee has
been appointed and will make a report in the near future.
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GOING TO MICHIGAN
Mrs. Frank Wise Chosen President of
Active Church Workers.
Right Rev. W. R. Miller To
Spend From February 23 To
March 1 There and Lecture
On His Trips To Holy Land.
STRUCK BY AUTO
Charles A. Pontius Severly Injured
In Front of His Heme.
Charles A. Pontius suffered a
broken collar bone and several broken
ribs on Thursday night when he was
knocked devn by an auto driven by
Bruce Smith.
Mr. Pontius crossed the street to
get his paper that had been left at
the sub-station near his home and
while returning was struck by the
machine.
Dog Gives Alami
His faithful dog ran to the house
and by the finest of dog language
persuaded Mrs. and Miss Pontius to
follow him. As they went out Mr.
Smith was coming to ask for help
in getting Mr. Pontius into the house,
who was lying unconscious in the
road. Dr. Berkley was called and rendered first aid.
Mr. Pontius was able to sit up a
little on Tuesday and his many
friends are wishing him a speedy recovery.
The Valentine party held' in the
Hoover inn by the American Legion
and American Legion Auxiliary on
Saturday night was a success in every
•way. When entering the inn each
guest deposited a valentine in a box,
(trimmed with white tissue paper and
red hearts, and was given a numbered
red heart.
The first amusement was a guessing contest Eighteen pictures were
placed about the room and each person with a pencil and paper wrote
the name of the article, the picture
designated opposite the number on her
paper that corresponded to the number on the picture. When the winner
was decided upon the guests divided
themselves in two sections calling
themselves the Winners and Skinners.
Winners Defeat Skinners
Frank Stover read a number of
definitions of words that ended in ice
ise or iize and the side first stating
the wot-d scored a point. Other contests of the sort were indulged in,
the Winners winning over the Skinners.
Hart Singing Pleased
Arthur Hart of Canton sang two
numbers. Mr. Hart has a tenor voice
of quality aad volume well under control and his -shading of tones was artistic, i
Games and music closed the evening's enjoyment.
N. V. N. C. MEETING
Mrs. A. A. Hummel entertained the
N. C. N. C. club on Thursday, Feb.
12. They had a spelling and guessing contest and a fine lunch was
served by the hostess who also presented each one with a valentine. The
next meeting will be held with Mrs.
-Martin on Witwer street.
LUTHERANS ACTIVE
Ladies' Missionary Socjety Hears of
Dr. Shelton's Work.
'The Ladies' Missionary society of
the Zion Lutheran church held their
monthly meeting in the home of Mrs.
Fred Newbauer on Wednesday afternoon, February 11. An interesting
program was given, the main subject
being "The Life and Work of Dr. A.
L. Shelton, Missionary in Tibet."
A .social hour followed the business
session. The next meeting will be
held on Wednesday afternoon, March
11, in the home of Mrs. Harley Smith
•of East Maple street.
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RAISED $219.91
For a couple of hours this Wednesday morning things happened in The
Sun news room and in the composing
room that kept everyone moving. It
was "make-over" day, which means
to "kill" (throw out) a news article
or put it on another page. Unfortunately, it was kill, and when several columns are lifted out of a page
a few hours before press time and
there is nothing in type to take the
place of the rejected articles the. situation becomes truly alarming.
The.first page of The Sun was ready
for the press when things began to
"break.'' Mr. Geib talking! "Homecoming and banquet by the Boy Scouts
on Thursday called off." And there
lay half a column under a display
head. Then another ring.
No Picture Shov?
Mr. Williams, executive secretary
of the Community Building, speaking.
After hanging up the receiver we
hustled into the composing room and
told the foreman to kill the writeup
on the picture sjiow scheduled for Friday night. "Called off as a precautionary measure."
Home Economics
Bang! Two holes to fill, and The
Sun to be put to bed at 1:00 o'clock.
Telephone ringing. "Home Economics
department of the North Canton Woman's club will appreciate it if you
announce that the valentine party has
been postponed."9
Basketball Game Postponed
Another call. George Hedger on
the wire: "Saturday night's basketball game called ofT." That meant
another half column for the metal
pot.
More calls; more postponements.
More type lifted out and thrown into
the metal pot.
At 11 o'clock the front page of The
Sun resembled a house minus windows. Then things began to move
in the news and composing rooms.
The paper was due to reach the press
at 1:00 o'clock, and go it must. A
system, a little extra speed and it was
on its way.
Perhaps thLs article was ■'written to
fill one of the "holes" on the front
page, and the it may be an explanation why certain news isn't in this
issue of The Sun.
Mrs. Flora Lesh May Extend Her
Trip To Portland, Oregon.
A number of relatives surprised
Mrs. Flora Lesh on Tuesday evening
in thc home of Mrs. Dilla Warstler,
on the eve of her departure for Michigan. Mrs. Lesh may go to Glendale
and Portland, Oregon, before she returns. Those present were: Mrs. Elta
Schick, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Busser,*Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Lesh, Mrs. Jesse Lesh
and daughters, Lela and. Lola; William Lesh, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lesh
and daughter Virginia; Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Willaman, Mrs. Flora Lesh,
Mrs. Dilla Warstler and grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brown,
to bhildIewer
Council Orders One On Harman St.
Stray Dogs Killed.
From Sale of Christmas Seals In
Plain Township.
The figures for the sale of Christmas Seals were reported to the committee which met in Canton on Monday afternoon, Mrs. R. C. Willigmann
representing North Canton.
The sum of $219.91 was received
from Plain township, the largest
amount in this district
Mrs. A. T. Corl of Middlebranch
had charge of the district.
BIRTHDAY DINNER
MARRIED 25 YEARS
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Strausser Celebrate .Anniversary On Saturday.
While the majority of the residents
of North Canton were sleeping
soundly on Monday night, the Mayor,
members of Council and Engineer
Rice were going over plans and specifications in an endeavor to make Harman street fit for travel in stormy
weather.
The engineer's plans for a storm
sewer were accepted. It will run
from the west end of Harman street
where tbere i.s a storm sewer to the
alley which is the backyard of the
postoffice, St. Paul's, school, etc. Work
will begin as soon as possible.
The bond of Ed Kauffman as deputy
marshal was accepted.
Eight Dogs Shot
The warfare on stray dogs resulted
in the death of eight, the police reported. They were notified to keep
on shooting them.
Street lighting in the new additions
received the attention of the Dads,
as did clean sidewalks and clean
streets.
An ordinance amending section
139-2 of the revised ordinances providing for vehicles coming to a stop
at certain street intersections and
providing a penalty for violations
thereof, was passed. It will be found
on another page of The Sun.
WAS CAPTURED BY ARABS
An event of interest to people in
The Sun territory is the announcement that Bishop W. R. Miller will
visit Hartville on February 23 and
remain there until March 1 (inclusive). He will deliver six lectures in
the Church of the Brethren and while
he is speaking 60 views will be
thrown on a canvas of places the
bishop visited in the Holy Land and
Egypt. Three hundred and sixty are
the exact number of .views he uses
during his course.
Captured By Arabs
Bishop Miller has traveled 200,000
miles for the Church of the Brethren
in foreign- lands and while on one
of his trips he and his associates were
seized by patroling Arabs and held
prisoners for eight days. Those days
of detention in an Arab camp are
modestly yet vividly related by the
bishop in his lecture on things he saw
and heard while engaged in studying
the Bible Lands at close range.
Sure of Warm Welcome
Hartville is planning to give the
distinguished clergyman-lecturer and
traveler a warm and enthusiastic reception and a number of persons of
other denominations in The Sun's territory will take part in the greeting.
It is not often that a town the size
of Hartville has the pleasure of having so widely known a churchman as
Bishop Miller as ils guest, consequently the citizens are well pleased
with his decision to spend a week
with them.
Insert A.Loyal Helpers
The election of officers resulted in
Mrs. Frank Wise, president; vice-
president, Mrs. Isaac Stoner; secretary, Mrs. Martin; assistant secretary,
Mrs. Francis Harman; treasurer, Mrs.
August Hess; pianist, Mrs. Emily
Evans.
Miss Eicher spoke about Missions in
Africa and India, her information being first hand from her brother, ***vho
was for years a missionary in India.
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
Martin of Witwer street on the second Tuesday in March which is
the 0th.
SAFETY FIRST THE
SLOGAN OF PEOPLE
IN NORTH CANTON
BANKS CLOSE MONDAY
The North Canton Bank and The
Citizens' Building and Loan Company
will be closed all day on Monday,
February 23, as it is a legal holiday,
although Washington's birthday this
year is on Sunday, February 22. It
is the custom, however, to observe the
day following as a holiday.
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NEW SCALES ARRIVE
Keep a Record of Your Weight In
Community Building.
A new set of bath scales has been
installed in the physical director's
office in the Community Building.
These scales are accurate, and may
be used when you are on the gym
floor and wish to find your correct
weight.
Weight is one of the signposts to
health. Keep yours from month to
month. Free to all members.
Public Officials and Private Citizens Take Drastic Action To
Prevent the Spread of Scarlet Fever At Present Epidemic
In Many Parts of Ohio and
Other States.
SIX CASES UNDER WATCH
Patients .<Yre Under Quarantine and
Doctors and Nurses Are Alert To
See That Health Rules Are
Strictly Obeyed.
SCHOOLS CLOSE FOR FEW DAYS
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POSTPONED
CHORAL CONTEST
Plain Township, North Canton and
Uniontown To Take Part.
B. B. TOURNAMENT
Events Will Be Staged In Community Building, Feb. 28.
ENDEAVOR RALLY.
Juniors Will Meet In the Reformed
Church On Sunday.
In Honor of Mrs. E. Swinehart and
Mrs. A. J. Cook.
Mrs. A. J. Cook entertained Mr.
and Mrs. Glen Moore and family and
Mi-, and Mrs. E. Swinehart, with a
six o'clock dinner on Tuesday evening, February 10, ih honor of Mrs.
Swinehart's and Mr. Cook's birthdays.
FARM WOMAtTSGLUB
Better Manners In Public and Private
Urged By Members.
Mrs. W. J. Pontius of North Market road was hostess to the North
Canton Farm Woman's club on Thursday, February 12, eighteen members
being present. Roll call answered by
a valentine exchange. Mrs. Margaret Allman, Mrs. Roy Cunningham,
Mrs. Hiram Shaub, and Miss Birdie
Boettler were the guests of the club.
A paper on "Manners: Personal,
Family, School, Neighborhood, and
Community" was read by Mrs. Frances Harman.
" Mrs. S. L. Correll had one on "How
Good Breeding is Instilled."
Mrs. Allman, vice-president of the
Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs,
spoke on "The Federation and Its
Work." The North Canton Farm
Woman's Club is now a member of
the Federation.
Mrs. H. N. Firestone explained the
county home demonstration, and.-Mrs.
I. R. Stoner told of her visit to the
state-senate.
Dinner was served by the hostess,
after the program.
The next meeting will be held on
Thursday, March 5, in the home of
Mrs. Frances Harman* of Harman
court, North Canton. .
Mr. and Mrs.' Charles B. Strausser
of 707 S. Main sti-eet celebrated their
silver wedding anniversary on Saturday night, February 14. The rooms
were decorated in pink, white and
silver. Potted plants and clusters of
pink sweet peas and pink roses added
to the beauty of the scene.
Twenty-five years ago Rev. M. M.
Rader married Charles Strausser and
Miss Smith, daughter of L. S. Smith
in her father's home which at that
time was on his farm located on the
Massillon.-Akron road.
On Saturday night Mrs. E. L. Garman repeated her part in the ceremony of twenty-five years ago by
playing the wedding march.
The arch between the dining room
and reception room* was turned into
a bower of sweet peas and roses. An
elaborate dinner was. served.
Have Three Sons
Mr. and Mrs. Strausser have three
sons, Russel A., aged 24, who is the
principal of the high school of Bats-
ville; Yale, 17, a student in the North'
Canton high school, and Charles,
aged 7.
Mrs. E. L. Garman gave a piano
solo, the Rev. M. M. Rader, the. Rev.
E. M. Beck, W. C. Smith and R. A.
Strausser made short addresses, the
latter being the oldest son of Mr. and
Mrs! Charles Strausser.
Thirty guests from North Canton
were present. Those from out of
town were: sRev. and Mrs. M. M.
Rader of Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. M.
J. Braucher, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Smith, and Miss Merna Davy of Canton, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bass and
Mrs. Saloma Keck of Greentown, R.
A. Strausser of Fremont, Miss Julia
Halter of Mt. Marie, Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Young of Massillon.
Mrs. Strausser's father, L. S. Smith,
who is 82 years of age, and makes
his home in Canton with a daughter,
was unable to be present.
PARTY POSTPONED
A Junior Christian Endeavor rally
will be held in the Reformed church
next Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
Every boy and girl between the
ages of six and twelve years are especially invited. Mothei-s are also invited. The state junior superintendent
and the county superintendent will be
there. Special music and readings
will be given. Plans for the coming
slate convention will be outlined for
the boys and girls.
RETURNS TO WORK
Miss Flora Palmer Recovers From
Fall While Visiting Here.
Miss Flora Palmer, the manager of
the children's department in Kenny
Brothers store, was able to go to her
home in Canton on Saturday. Miss
Palmer had the misfortune to fall and
break her arm while visiting in North
Canton and was with her cousin, Mrs.
L. G. Schrantz, for a week because of
the accident.
Each year the Ohio High School
Athletic Association holds a state basketball tournament. The teams that
go to this tournament are the winning teams from the six districts into which the state is divided.
For the past few years it has been
necessary to hold elimination tournaments for these district meets.
Among the class B teams each county
that has four or more teams entered
i.s entitled to a tournament.
These county tournaments are to
be held this year on Feb. 27 and 28.
The ohe in Stark county will be held
in the Community Building at North
Canton on Saturday, Feb. 28. Beach
City, Miherva, Waynesburg and
North Canton are entered.
The winning team will go to the
District Tournament held at Akron
on March 13 and 14.
WANT KNITTED BLOCKS
The chairman of the soldiers and
sailors deparment of the W. C. T. U.
desires that all crocheted or knitted
blocks be turned in this week, either
to Mrs. H. Baughman of East Maple
street or to Mrs. E. Swinehart, 313
Witwer street.
The Stark county school will give
a choral contest on March 28 in the
Christian church of Canton. The contest will be in two classes, one for
village and one for rural schools. The
village contest will take place in the
morning and the rural in the afternoon.
Mrs. Rae will have charge of Plain
township, North Canton and Union-
town.
LAKE GRANGE
Twenty-Five Candidates Receive First
and Second' Degrees.
Before an attendance of members
that well filled the hall 25 candidates
were given the fii-st and second degrees of Patrons of Husbandry on
Thursday night by Lake Grange in
Uniontown.
Following each degree an impressive tableaux was given by a number
of the lady members. The degree and
drill work was well executed.
The third and fourth degrees will
be given the new class of candidates
on Thursday night, February 26, to
be followed by a banquet.
Progress is being made on the play-
to be given later by the members.
Come out, members, and do your
part in putting Lake Grange up in
front row.
VV. R. Gillespie, Press Agent.
The home-coming and banquet
the Boy Scouts had planned at
the Hoover camp on Thursday-
night, February 19, will be held
at a date to be announced later
I in The Sun.
! Picture show in the Commun-
I ity Building on Friday night
' called off.
| Basketball game "on Saturday
I night has been postponed.
Meeting of The Ladies' Lit-
| erary Club with Mrs. D. F. Dillin on Monday, February 23,
i postponed.
I i Public schools closed this
I ! Wednesday morning until Tues-
I ; day, February 24. <
j I The meeting of the North
j | Canton Young People's society
| ! planned for Thursday evening,
■ ; Feb. 19, has been indefinitely
postponed.- The date will be announced later in The Sun.
The kindergarten "clashes in-
the Community Building have
closed to re-open on Tuesday,
Feb. 24.
Clover Leaf Class picnic for
Friday night called oil'.
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LOYAL HELPERS CLASS
The Loyal Helpers class of the
Christian church met on Tuesday
evening in the home of Mrs. R. I,.
Kelly for their regular business meeting.
COMMUNITY SPORTS
Home Economics Department To Hold
It At Later Date.
The valentine party to be given
by the Home Economics department
has been postponed owing to the absence from, town of several who are
on the committee.
The date of the social evening will
be announced later in The Sun.
[By GEORGE HEDGER]
Wildcats Vs. Pennzoils
The Wildcats will go to Canton for
the second game of the season with
the Pennzoil team on Thursday, Feb.
26. These two teams originally had
a game booked for last Thursday, but
because of some of the locals just recovering from sickness, the game was
postponed till the "itith. A group of
high school boys gave the Pennzoils
a pi-actice game on their floor last
Thursday night, defeating them by
two points.
Leader Corps Exhibition
The Junior Leaders Corps have been
practicing for their exhibition for the
past few weeks. Thc definite date set
is Wednesday, March 11, and from
the looks of things now, the boys will
have a bagfull of entertaining features. The exhibit is open free to
the public, and will be in the form
of their regular class period on Saturday morning, showing to their parents and friends, some of the things
they are learning in the gymnasium.
The program will include marching,
calisthenic drill, appratus work, tumbling, and games. Save this date and
plan to be there and learn more of
the Community Building physical
program.
WASHINGTON
Here Is the Prayer the Father of His Country Delivered Upon Resigning Military Post in 1783.
Sunday, February 22, is the birthdav
anniversary of George Washington, "The
Father of His Country; First in Peace, First
in War, and First in the Hearts of His
Countrymen." He was born in Virginia in
1732. In 1783, upon resigning his high military oflice, he delivered the following prayer
—a prayer The Sun has read many times,
and hopes it may read for years to come:
Almighty God, we make our earnest
prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States
in Thy holy protection; that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate
a spirit of subordination and obediance to
government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their
fellow citizens of the United States at large.
And finally that Thou wilt most graciously
be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to
love mercy, and to demean ourselves with
that charity, humility, and pacific temper
of mind,which were the characteristics of
the divine Author of our blessed religion, and
without an humble imitation of whose example in these things we can never hope to
be a happy nation. Grant our supplication,
we beseech Thee, through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
The North Canton public schools
closed this Wednesday as a precautionary measure. About six cases of
illness are reported as "scarlet
fever," although in some instances the
doctors are not yet certain that it
is the disease. School will remain
closed for one week, until February
24, and in the meantime the building
will be thoroughly fumigated.
Parents are expected and requested
by the members of the School Board
and by the health officers in keeping
all children, IS years and under,
from congregating on the street corners or in public places.
Keep Them At Home
"Keep children at home as much
as possible," say the health .authori-
1'es. Do not allow them to assemble
anywhere. These cases are not in the
least alarming provided the proper
care i.s taken c I t.ho school children,
A short time will suffice to make alJ
things normal again if parents will
en-cperate with the board of health
and the school officials."
Parents shouid see that each cii'ld
uses an antiseptic gargle each morning, that the feet are protected from
the weather by good overshoes, and
that the child's resistance be kept up
to the highest point possible. If these
things are done the chance of a
spread of the disease is small indeed.
LEGION °EUCHRE
j Enjoyable Time Staged By Veterans
j and Their Guests.
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I A most enjoyable time was spent
j in the Legion rooms in the Comniun-
, ity Building last Monday evening,
1 when about sixty players turned out
for the progressive euchre parly given
by the Legion. v
Play commenced shortly after eight
o'clock, and continued for two hours,
after which the points were totaled
and it was found that highest place
had been won by Brice Baer, with 115
points, who received first prize, a
Gillette safety razor.
Mike Takes Second
Second prize, a Parker pencil, was
won by Mike Metzler, with 105 points,
while the consolation prize, a six-
hand deck of "500" cards, was awarded to Ray Firestone, who had managed to collect but 25 points during
the evening's play.
After the prizes had been awarded,
refreshments and smokes were served
by the committee in charge, and the
guests departed in the best of humor,
expressing the hope that it would not
be long before the Legion would
again act the hosts at another party.

ALL THE REAL NEWS AND SPECIAL
FEATURES CAREFULLY EDITED
IT SHINES FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN
NORTHERN STARK COUNTY
VOL. 3—NO. 16.
An Independent Newspaper That Plays No Favorites Among Advertisers or Subscribers, and With One Price To All
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1925.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SONGS AND JOKES
READY FOR CROWD
Minstrel Show On Friday and
Saturday In St. Paul's Hall Is
Attracting Much Attention In
North Canton and Vicinity.
WAS BURIED IN ZION
James Schrantz Died In Cincinnati.
- His Body Brought Here.
BETTY HERE NEXT WEEK
The two minstrel performances to
be given by St. Paul's male choir on
Friday and Saturday, February 20
and 21, will play to capacity houses
judging from the way reserved seats
are selling in Schafer & Messerly's
•drug store. The San hears, on what
3t regards as reliable authority, that
"This minstrel must go over big from
the moment the cai-tain rises until the
•end of the performance. Every man
•is expected to put plenty of pep into
his work and no excuses will be accepted."
Performers Working Hard
With such a spirit dominating the
management it rs hard to see how it
can be anything else than a success.
The life of any performance rests with
the performers, and to get a minstrel
show across the .footlights with what
is called a "bang" there must be
plenty of artikm. Knowing this it is
not surprising that the members of
ihe choir are putting in much time
to make themselves perfect when they
appear on the stage in St. Paul's hall.
The interest displayed not only in
North Canton, but all over The Sun's
territory shows that the people feel
confident that the minstrel show is
going to be a really entertaining performance. As stated last week, a May
pole dance, character dances, and a
magician and handcuff king are the
other features of the evening's entertainment.
Another thing, and an important
part of the program worth keeping
in mind, is the music. Much depends
on the musicians to give a "swing"
to a performance of this character but
those who know Ed Ream and his orchestra have no doubt as to the outcome.
You'll Like Betty
After the minstrels comes ""Betty-,
the Girl o' .My Heart" by the St. Paul
Players on Monday, and Tuesday of
mext week, 'February 23 and 24, to
be exact. This will bring the social
season in St. Paul's to a close until
ILent is over.
The following is the cast in Betty:
Marie, the maid, with 'Movie' aspirations Genevieve Dieble
JMrs. Jenkins, the sedate housekeeper
_ Agnes Kolp
"Martin, the butler Leo Gill
"Mrs. Graves, very fashionable and
haughty Theora Hambach
Elizabeth, her daughter, vain and
selfish •. Helen Voneman
BETTY, the Girl o' My Heart....
Margaret Duquette
Jerry Carmicliael, a gentleman....
Joseph Ziegler
Peter Graves, financially ruined
Linus Swanson
There are three interesting acts.
The iscene is the (library in the house
of Peter Graves.
Reserved Seat sale will begin tomorrow, Thursday., at Schafer &
Messerly's drug store.
VALENTINE PARTY
Greatly Enjoyed By Members and
Friends of American Legion.
James Schrantz, aged 51 years, died
in Christ hospital, Cincinnati, on Friday morning at 1:00 o'clock, following an operation.
Funeral services were held in the
chapel in Cincinnati at X p. m. on
Saturday and the body was sent to
North Canton, arriving in Akron on
Sunday at 0:15.
Services were held in North Canton in the home of his brother, L. G.
Schrantz, on South.^Main street on
Monday afternoon at 1:30, the Rev.
E. P. Wise officiating, and the funeral
was in charge of L. T. Lewis. Interment was in Zion cemetery. •*
Mr. Schrantz was a bachelor and
he is survived by three brothers, L.
G., of North Canton, Elmer of Orville,
Tod of New York city, and one sister, Mrs. Stein of Akron.
He was born in this locality and
lived here until he was 21 years old,
and Cincinnati has been his home for
the past twenty-five years.
NOT ALL SUNSHINE
IN THE SUN OFFICE
Making Over Front Page Just
Before Press Time Is a Job
Not Relished By News Writers and' Printers.
FEVER SCARE THE CAUSE
NEW HI Y LEADER
John W. Thomas Addresses Boys On
Tuesday Evening.
I HARTVILLE AWAITS
I BRETHREN BISHOP
LOYAL HELPERS ELECT
The regular meeting of tlie Hi-Y |
was held in the Community Building!
on Tuesday evening. The new boys' j
leader, John W. Thomas, addressed
the meeting and was accepted by the
boys as their leader.
The nominating committee has
been appointed and will make a report in the near future.
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GOING TO MICHIGAN
Mrs. Frank Wise Chosen President of
Active Church Workers.
Right Rev. W. R. Miller To
Spend From February 23 To
March 1 There and Lecture
On His Trips To Holy Land.
STRUCK BY AUTO
Charles A. Pontius Severly Injured
In Front of His Heme.
Charles A. Pontius suffered a
broken collar bone and several broken
ribs on Thursday night when he was
knocked devn by an auto driven by
Bruce Smith.
Mr. Pontius crossed the street to
get his paper that had been left at
the sub-station near his home and
while returning was struck by the
machine.
Dog Gives Alami
His faithful dog ran to the house
and by the finest of dog language
persuaded Mrs. and Miss Pontius to
follow him. As they went out Mr.
Smith was coming to ask for help
in getting Mr. Pontius into the house,
who was lying unconscious in the
road. Dr. Berkley was called and rendered first aid.
Mr. Pontius was able to sit up a
little on Tuesday and his many
friends are wishing him a speedy recovery.
The Valentine party held' in the
Hoover inn by the American Legion
and American Legion Auxiliary on
Saturday night was a success in every
•way. When entering the inn each
guest deposited a valentine in a box,
(trimmed with white tissue paper and
red hearts, and was given a numbered
red heart.
The first amusement was a guessing contest Eighteen pictures were
placed about the room and each person with a pencil and paper wrote
the name of the article, the picture
designated opposite the number on her
paper that corresponded to the number on the picture. When the winner
was decided upon the guests divided
themselves in two sections calling
themselves the Winners and Skinners.
Winners Defeat Skinners
Frank Stover read a number of
definitions of words that ended in ice
ise or iize and the side first stating
the wot-d scored a point. Other contests of the sort were indulged in,
the Winners winning over the Skinners.
Hart Singing Pleased
Arthur Hart of Canton sang two
numbers. Mr. Hart has a tenor voice
of quality aad volume well under control and his -shading of tones was artistic, i
Games and music closed the evening's enjoyment.
N. V. N. C. MEETING
Mrs. A. A. Hummel entertained the
N. C. N. C. club on Thursday, Feb.
12. They had a spelling and guessing contest and a fine lunch was
served by the hostess who also presented each one with a valentine. The
next meeting will be held with Mrs.
-Martin on Witwer street.
LUTHERANS ACTIVE
Ladies' Missionary Socjety Hears of
Dr. Shelton's Work.
'The Ladies' Missionary society of
the Zion Lutheran church held their
monthly meeting in the home of Mrs.
Fred Newbauer on Wednesday afternoon, February 11. An interesting
program was given, the main subject
being "The Life and Work of Dr. A.
L. Shelton, Missionary in Tibet."
A .social hour followed the business
session. The next meeting will be
held on Wednesday afternoon, March
11, in the home of Mrs. Harley Smith
•of East Maple street.
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RAISED $219.91
For a couple of hours this Wednesday morning things happened in The
Sun news room and in the composing
room that kept everyone moving. It
was "make-over" day, which means
to "kill" (throw out) a news article
or put it on another page. Unfortunately, it was kill, and when several columns are lifted out of a page
a few hours before press time and
there is nothing in type to take the
place of the rejected articles the. situation becomes truly alarming.
The.first page of The Sun was ready
for the press when things began to
"break.'' Mr. Geib talking! "Homecoming and banquet by the Boy Scouts
on Thursday called off." And there
lay half a column under a display
head. Then another ring.
No Picture Shov?
Mr. Williams, executive secretary
of the Community Building, speaking.
After hanging up the receiver we
hustled into the composing room and
told the foreman to kill the writeup
on the picture sjiow scheduled for Friday night. "Called off as a precautionary measure."
Home Economics
Bang! Two holes to fill, and The
Sun to be put to bed at 1:00 o'clock.
Telephone ringing. "Home Economics
department of the North Canton Woman's club will appreciate it if you
announce that the valentine party has
been postponed."9
Basketball Game Postponed
Another call. George Hedger on
the wire: "Saturday night's basketball game called ofT." That meant
another half column for the metal
pot.
More calls; more postponements.
More type lifted out and thrown into
the metal pot.
At 11 o'clock the front page of The
Sun resembled a house minus windows. Then things began to move
in the news and composing rooms.
The paper was due to reach the press
at 1:00 o'clock, and go it must. A
system, a little extra speed and it was
on its way.
Perhaps thLs article was ■'written to
fill one of the "holes" on the front
page, and the it may be an explanation why certain news isn't in this
issue of The Sun.
Mrs. Flora Lesh May Extend Her
Trip To Portland, Oregon.
A number of relatives surprised
Mrs. Flora Lesh on Tuesday evening
in thc home of Mrs. Dilla Warstler,
on the eve of her departure for Michigan. Mrs. Lesh may go to Glendale
and Portland, Oregon, before she returns. Those present were: Mrs. Elta
Schick, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Busser,*Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Lesh, Mrs. Jesse Lesh
and daughters, Lela and. Lola; William Lesh, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lesh
and daughter Virginia; Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Willaman, Mrs. Flora Lesh,
Mrs. Dilla Warstler and grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brown,
to bhildIewer
Council Orders One On Harman St.
Stray Dogs Killed.
From Sale of Christmas Seals In
Plain Township.
The figures for the sale of Christmas Seals were reported to the committee which met in Canton on Monday afternoon, Mrs. R. C. Willigmann
representing North Canton.
The sum of $219.91 was received
from Plain township, the largest
amount in this district
Mrs. A. T. Corl of Middlebranch
had charge of the district.
BIRTHDAY DINNER
MARRIED 25 YEARS
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Strausser Celebrate .Anniversary On Saturday.
While the majority of the residents
of North Canton were sleeping
soundly on Monday night, the Mayor,
members of Council and Engineer
Rice were going over plans and specifications in an endeavor to make Harman street fit for travel in stormy
weather.
The engineer's plans for a storm
sewer were accepted. It will run
from the west end of Harman street
where tbere i.s a storm sewer to the
alley which is the backyard of the
postoffice, St. Paul's, school, etc. Work
will begin as soon as possible.
The bond of Ed Kauffman as deputy
marshal was accepted.
Eight Dogs Shot
The warfare on stray dogs resulted
in the death of eight, the police reported. They were notified to keep
on shooting them.
Street lighting in the new additions
received the attention of the Dads,
as did clean sidewalks and clean
streets.
An ordinance amending section
139-2 of the revised ordinances providing for vehicles coming to a stop
at certain street intersections and
providing a penalty for violations
thereof, was passed. It will be found
on another page of The Sun.
WAS CAPTURED BY ARABS
An event of interest to people in
The Sun territory is the announcement that Bishop W. R. Miller will
visit Hartville on February 23 and
remain there until March 1 (inclusive). He will deliver six lectures in
the Church of the Brethren and while
he is speaking 60 views will be
thrown on a canvas of places the
bishop visited in the Holy Land and
Egypt. Three hundred and sixty are
the exact number of .views he uses
during his course.
Captured By Arabs
Bishop Miller has traveled 200,000
miles for the Church of the Brethren
in foreign- lands and while on one
of his trips he and his associates were
seized by patroling Arabs and held
prisoners for eight days. Those days
of detention in an Arab camp are
modestly yet vividly related by the
bishop in his lecture on things he saw
and heard while engaged in studying
the Bible Lands at close range.
Sure of Warm Welcome
Hartville is planning to give the
distinguished clergyman-lecturer and
traveler a warm and enthusiastic reception and a number of persons of
other denominations in The Sun's territory will take part in the greeting.
It is not often that a town the size
of Hartville has the pleasure of having so widely known a churchman as
Bishop Miller as ils guest, consequently the citizens are well pleased
with his decision to spend a week
with them.
Insert A.Loyal Helpers
The election of officers resulted in
Mrs. Frank Wise, president; vice-
president, Mrs. Isaac Stoner; secretary, Mrs. Martin; assistant secretary,
Mrs. Francis Harman; treasurer, Mrs.
August Hess; pianist, Mrs. Emily
Evans.
Miss Eicher spoke about Missions in
Africa and India, her information being first hand from her brother, ***vho
was for years a missionary in India.
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
Martin of Witwer street on the second Tuesday in March which is
the 0th.
SAFETY FIRST THE
SLOGAN OF PEOPLE
IN NORTH CANTON
BANKS CLOSE MONDAY
The North Canton Bank and The
Citizens' Building and Loan Company
will be closed all day on Monday,
February 23, as it is a legal holiday,
although Washington's birthday this
year is on Sunday, February 22. It
is the custom, however, to observe the
day following as a holiday.
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NEW SCALES ARRIVE
Keep a Record of Your Weight In
Community Building.
A new set of bath scales has been
installed in the physical director's
office in the Community Building.
These scales are accurate, and may
be used when you are on the gym
floor and wish to find your correct
weight.
Weight is one of the signposts to
health. Keep yours from month to
month. Free to all members.
Public Officials and Private Citizens Take Drastic Action To
Prevent the Spread of Scarlet Fever At Present Epidemic
In Many Parts of Ohio and
Other States.
SIX CASES UNDER WATCH
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LOYAL HELPERS CLASS
The Loyal Helpers class of the
Christian church met on Tuesday
evening in the home of Mrs. R. I,.
Kelly for their regular business meeting.
COMMUNITY SPORTS
Home Economics Department To Hold
It At Later Date.
The valentine party to be given
by the Home Economics department
has been postponed owing to the absence from, town of several who are
on the committee.
The date of the social evening will
be announced later in The Sun.
[By GEORGE HEDGER]
Wildcats Vs. Pennzoils
The Wildcats will go to Canton for
the second game of the season with
the Pennzoil team on Thursday, Feb.
26. These two teams originally had
a game booked for last Thursday, but
because of some of the locals just recovering from sickness, the game was
postponed till the "itith. A group of
high school boys gave the Pennzoils
a pi-actice game on their floor last
Thursday night, defeating them by
two points.
Leader Corps Exhibition
The Junior Leaders Corps have been
practicing for their exhibition for the
past few weeks. Thc definite date set
is Wednesday, March 11, and from
the looks of things now, the boys will
have a bagfull of entertaining features. The exhibit is open free to
the public, and will be in the form
of their regular class period on Saturday morning, showing to their parents and friends, some of the things
they are learning in the gymnasium.
The program will include marching,
calisthenic drill, appratus work, tumbling, and games. Save this date and
plan to be there and learn more of
the Community Building physical
program.
WASHINGTON
Here Is the Prayer the Father of His Country Delivered Upon Resigning Military Post in 1783.
Sunday, February 22, is the birthdav
anniversary of George Washington, "The
Father of His Country; First in Peace, First
in War, and First in the Hearts of His
Countrymen." He was born in Virginia in
1732. In 1783, upon resigning his high military oflice, he delivered the following prayer
—a prayer The Sun has read many times,
and hopes it may read for years to come:
Almighty God, we make our earnest
prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States
in Thy holy protection; that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate
a spirit of subordination and obediance to
government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their
fellow citizens of the United States at large.
And finally that Thou wilt most graciously
be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to
love mercy, and to demean ourselves with
that charity, humility, and pacific temper
of mind,which were the characteristics of
the divine Author of our blessed religion, and
without an humble imitation of whose example in these things we can never hope to
be a happy nation. Grant our supplication,
we beseech Thee, through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
The North Canton public schools
closed this Wednesday as a precautionary measure. About six cases of
illness are reported as "scarlet
fever," although in some instances the
doctors are not yet certain that it
is the disease. School will remain
closed for one week, until February
24, and in the meantime the building
will be thoroughly fumigated.
Parents are expected and requested
by the members of the School Board
and by the health officers in keeping
all children, IS years and under,
from congregating on the street corners or in public places.
Keep Them At Home
"Keep children at home as much
as possible," say the health .authori-
1'es. Do not allow them to assemble
anywhere. These cases are not in the
least alarming provided the proper
care i.s taken c I t.ho school children,
A short time will suffice to make alJ
things normal again if parents will
en-cperate with the board of health
and the school officials."
Parents shouid see that each cii'ld
uses an antiseptic gargle each morning, that the feet are protected from
the weather by good overshoes, and
that the child's resistance be kept up
to the highest point possible. If these
things are done the chance of a
spread of the disease is small indeed.
LEGION °EUCHRE
j Enjoyable Time Staged By Veterans
j and Their Guests.
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I A most enjoyable time was spent
j in the Legion rooms in the Comniun-
, ity Building last Monday evening,
1 when about sixty players turned out
for the progressive euchre parly given
by the Legion. v
Play commenced shortly after eight
o'clock, and continued for two hours,
after which the points were totaled
and it was found that highest place
had been won by Brice Baer, with 115
points, who received first prize, a
Gillette safety razor.
Mike Takes Second
Second prize, a Parker pencil, was
won by Mike Metzler, with 105 points,
while the consolation prize, a six-
hand deck of "500" cards, was awarded to Ray Firestone, who had managed to collect but 25 points during
the evening's play.
After the prizes had been awarded,
refreshments and smokes were served
by the committee in charge, and the
guests departed in the best of humor,
expressing the hope that it would not
be long before the Legion would
again act the hosts at another party.